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The dialogue of the villagers in the "Resident Evil 4 Anime PV Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater" are actually memes created based on the original game, and Japanese fans are overjoyed that these jokes are now “official.”

A Japanese designer used GPT-4 to create an Isekai RPG called Chat Reincarnation. It's a game where the player uses the chat to provide advice to their friend who has been reincarnated as a hero in a world of swords and sorcery.

Square Enix is raising the base pay of permanent employees by an average of 10%. Since last year, a number of game companies in Japan, including Capcom, Bandai Namco, and Koei Tecmo, have announced their plans to increase the base pay of their employees.

Beetle battle game KabutoKuwagata has attracted attention for the realistic graphics of the beetles, but a number of players have also taken notice of the unpolished and quirky nature of the game.  

A Zelda fan recently posed a question, “what was the weirdest or funniest thing that happened during your playthrough of breath of the wild?” In this article we want to showcase some of what players shared.

Odencat’s newest title, Meg’s Monster, appears to be off to a great start and is selling quite well. We had the opportunity to talk about the game’s success with the studio’s CEO, Daigo. 

The similarities between the Pokémon Garchomp and baseball player Shohei Ohtani have stirred up excitement among Twitter users in Japan.

A Splatoon 3 player set out on an investigation into which attacks in Splatoon 3 detect hits on the attacker’s side and which ones detect hits on the target’s side.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: Attempts to travel into space by using a bug while making sandwiches have attracted attention on social media in Japan.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet fans wonder why Larry x Rika ship is so popular in the Japanese fandom.

Square Enix Holdings has announced that the current president and representative director of both Square Enix Holdings and Square Enix, Yosuke Matsuda, is expected to be replaced by company director Takashi Kiryu. The change and the date on which...

Give me toilet paper! is a Nintendo Switch game designed to be controlled using a Joy-Con filled toilet paper. The game's developer, Takahiro Miyazawa, is known for making games that use unique custom-made controllers.

Yuji Naka admits to insider trading charges while at Square Enix. Naka was arrested last year on suspicion of buying shares of companies while having knowledge of unannounced Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy projects.

Splatoon 3 players have taken notice of a peculiar phenomenon that occurs when using the Squid Sisters amiibos in front of them. Splatoon 3's Ver. 3.0.0 update is now available.

Splatoon 3’s Fresh Season 2023 has begun. With a new season comes new content and it’s the Kraken Royale special weapon that is already drawing attention on social media in Japan.

The 5th season of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Ranked Battles will start in April. The Treasures of Ruin—Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, Ting-Lu, and Chi-Yu—will be permitted in Season 5/Regulation C (Series 3).

Project MBR is Grandia producer Yoichi Miyaji's new multiplayer robot action game. Project MBR is set to launch in Spring 2024.

Gotcha Gotcha Games has announced that RPG Maker Unite will be released on the Unity Asset Store on April 6. The release date for the Steam version is expected to be announced at a later time.

Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has officially released the PLATEAU SDK for Unity and Unreal Engine. The SDK enables you to use PLATEAU's data of 3D city models throughout Japan.

Splatoon 3's latest update Ver. 3.0.0 tweaked some maps to reduce "the impact of weapons shooting from far away." Let's take a look at where some of the changes were made in each map.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's new Tera Raid Battle event with Walking Wake and Iron Leaves has a weird bug that causes an egg to appear as the raid opponent.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s new Pokémon Okidogi quickly becomes a meme in Japan.

The Version 1.2.0 update for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet makes it so that you must save your game when sharing your Battle Teams online. This essentially removes the exploit that players could use to retain Tera Shards.

The new Pokémon coming to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC resemble Japanese folklore Momotaro.